I'm watching it right now and it's really good. This sweet lady is crying, saying she had previously
thought if her kids had more clothes/books/toys they'd be happy and she'd be happy,
but it isn't true and she GETS that.

Take the time to heal from your marriage before you move on with someone else. Make a list of all the qualities you would like in a new partner and then work on growing that way yourself. ~mandib50

DD is using the TV, but it was on before I turned her show on and I was excited to see Oprah talk about decluttering, not just "organizing". I liked what she said in the 2 seconds I saw about simplifying your life making it more enriching, etc. I wonder if she really follows this herself?

and I noted that the declutter guy (I don't pay for tv so I don't remember his name only that he has a show...) said her home looked kid-centric. I don't remember when I was a child that my mom disaplayed much of my artwork or that my toys were anywhere but in my room. Maybe that's why my mom can't stand to be at my house which is nothing like today's show! Our generation just is more child friendly. In my case we homeschool so we use our house differently.

Decluttering is really about thowing away stuff (donate to charity/trash/etc.). When I declutter I really don't end up organizing much; I've just got too much stuff!

*We have a twin sized bed next to ours because our 3 1/2 yo won't sleep in his own bed and we have had terrible bedtime issues with him because of his autism. I'd like to see a show where the children or at least one of them was not typical. A lot of those tips just don't work in my situation (the twin bed in my room allows me and DH to sleep without our 3 1/2 yo in the middle which is a good thing for us!)

I thought it was a great show! The organizer guy talked a lot about why we have so much clutter and how it's taking over our lives. It was really the opposite of what the Oprah show is usually about. It was about how material possessions don't make us happy, they weigh us down spiritually and financially.

I'd like to see that for other organizational shows, too. I think that would help people be even more motivated to REALLY change their lives.

The show Clean House recently did an episode like this revisiting several people they had helped. The people had stayed tidy. One couple broke up though. But you could see it in their episode that they weren't getting along. Oh well, at least when one of them moved out there was less mess to clean!

Take the time to heal from your marriage before you move on with someone else. Make a list of all the qualities you would like in a new partner and then work on growing that way yourself. ~mandib50

I liked the show. I had gone through all of ds's toys last week, and this show inspired me to go through and get rid of even more toys. I NEVER want my house to be like that, and believe me, it has been about half as bad before, and that is BAD. I am basically now getting rid of almost all my plastic toys and just keeping wood or plastic toys that ds really loves.

I loved how the host of the show focused on the reasons for and psychology behind their over-cluttered house. It really helped you see how living that way can affect your entire life and mental and physical health.

My house appears to be pretty clutter-free, but we are one of those families with a "secret" spare room full of $!@#, and don't even look in our garage! I'm even more determined to tackle those areas now.

I really liked the show. I was expecting it to be more of buy these fancy organizers for your 300 pairs of shoes and that kind of thing. I was pleased that it was about decluttering and how the clutter effects all areas of your life.

I just wish they had shown a bit more of the process. They were able to declutter and reorganize and decorate that home in 3 days.

I always love seeing the before and afters, but I always wonder; everything was just done for them in such a short time were they really given the skills to maintain it? Id like to see a followup in a year if it still looks the same.

I loved how the host of the show focused on the reasons for and psychology behind their over-cluttered house. It really helped you see how living that way can affect your entire life and mental and physical health.

My house appears to be pretty clutter-free, but we are one of those families with a "secret" spare room full of $!@#, and don't even look in our garage! I'm even more determined to tackle those areas now.

We have one of those "secret" rooms to! I am motivated to get mine cleaned out though b/c I have comapny coming next month and that is our guest bedroom! I am glad that we are not the only family that has a junk room!